I pretended not to care much, even in my heart, I felt that Qin Buxian would follow Zhao Mengqing after his death, but I still stiffened my face, looked at the window with my eyes open, and said calmly: "Lord Zhao, don't worry, some people who are yours are yours, and if they are not yours, they will not go with you." I begged the emperor to marry you later, but Xianxian still decided to marry me instead of you, which shows that the weight of this king in her heart is far greater than that of Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Mengqing leaned back in the chair at will, opened the fan and shook it, calm and uncomfortable: "Xia Guan has never felt that His Royal Highness's weight in his heart is far beyond his own, but he feels that His Royal Highness's face is thicker than that of Xia Guan." ”

After saying that, he glanced at me, probably seeing that my face was not very good-looking, he smiled as if apologizing, and said, "Your Highness, don't be angry, the official is just telling the truth." In fact, you don't have to say this kind of thing to stimulate me, I'm a person, I'm not very good at other aspects, only one 'lazy' word is thought out thoroughly, looking at the entire Dajin officialdom, I can't find an official who is more than me asking for leave, and it is precisely because of laziness that I don't really care about the set of flower candles in the cave room and the title of the gold list. ”

He was not lying, although the king did not spend enough time in the court, every time he led his troops back to the imperial capital, he could see him only a few times in the Zhong Qi Palace. But even if Zhao Mengqing did not go to court, he still sat firmly in the seat of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he did not lack a reward once, which shows how much Wei Tian favored him. Some adults in Dijing looked down on him very much, and even secretly wrote a small notebook and threw it into the market to scold him.

Speaking of which, I also bought that small book, the name is "Zhao Daren's Reasons for Leave of Absence Summary Collection", which includes typhoid fever, night sweats, kidney deficiency, lung fever and other commonplace I will not talk about it in detail, only to say a reason for the view of the king of the tiger body shocked - in the thirty-third year of the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Mengqing asked for leave, saying that he had the plague, and he could not see anyone within a hundred zhang, please Your Majesty isolate him, he will die quietly within half a year, die less than a feather, and die without taking away a cloud.

Wei Tian was greatly saddened when he heard it, and he was allowed to do so; When the adults in the imperial capital heard this, they also prepared funeral money for him, and they wanted to follow. But half a year later, Zhao Mengqing's plague not only did not kill him, but made him refreshed and refreshed, and even ate two bowls of rice more than before, many people asked him how he was cured, and he didn't want to face more than this king: "Plague? What plague does not exist. ”

Qin Buxian compared this kind of goods to Xie An, I was afraid that the water in his head would shake into his eyes.

Zhao Mengqing, who was beside him, didn't know that the king's thoughts were far away, and when he saw that I didn't answer, he touched the bowl and took a sip of wine, and said, "Actually, Xia Guan has wanted to discuss a problem with His Highness for a long time. ”

I came back to my senses and looked at him sideways: "What's the problem?" ”

"Why does Your Highness have such a deep affection for the people of Nanguo Mansion?" He lowered his head and thought for a while, his fingers lightly tapped the edge of the bowl, "I don't think it's wrong for Your Highness to do this, it's just that because of the bystanders, I think Your Highness's attention to Nanguo Mansion has far exceeded that of other state capitals in my Dajin, which is a bit abnormal." ”

This question fell into the ears of this king, and I only felt that there was a string in my heart, and I was aroused to snap.

Because this king found that before Zhao Mengqing asked me this question, I myself had never considered other state capitals in Dajin once.

He added: "Xiaguan skipped the mausoleum and went directly to Luochang, in Luochang, I found that the officials here have been decayed, not to mention carving, I am afraid that the wind will blow into a wisp of moldy smoke." They didn't ask what order the lord of the imperial capital gave, they didn't even think about whether the order was reasonable or not, whether it disturbed the people, and whether it was good for the country, they only looked at the money, only cared about themselves, and only cared about the future. ”

"Oh, it turns out that Luo Chang is like this too." I sighed deeply, "The county of Lingtai is also this virtue." ”

Zhao Mengqing said: "Those dark shadows you encountered today, the order you received was 'King Chong'an's three zhang radius will not leave a living mouth'. His Royal Highness thought that they didn't dare to do anything in the downtown area, so they went to the city market, but in fact, they didn't calculate this at all. If it weren't for spending a lot of money to take care of a group of Jianghu masters dressed as shadow guards to secretly block it, His Royal Highness would not have been able to come here and order a bowl of Yangchun noodles. ”

I smiled slightly: "This king is not as bad as you say." In the section of the Lingtai River, dozens of water ghosts besieged the king alone, didn't I get to Luochang alive. ”

Zhao Mengqing shook his head, his brows furrowed slightly, and his face gradually became gloomy: "The point I want to talk about is not this, the question I just asked, His Highness should have figured out something." It stands to reason that the cities along the canal should prosper and that officials should be honest and honest, but this is not the case. In addition to the Gaoji of Nanguo Mansion, the Lingtai Sun Zhiling you encountered, and the Luochang Lu Shuyuan I met, they are all absurd like this, plus the flood in Yiping Mansion last year, the drought in Changying Mansion, the earthquake in Qizhou Mansion the year before last, and the locust plague in Jiahui Mansion the year before last. ”

Before I knew it, my brow was furrowed.

And Zhao Mengqing sighed, his pupils tightened, and he looked at me squarely and said, "If Your Highness wants to be the emperor, the lower officials will definitely not stop you, but please don't put all your thoughts on a state capital in the south. After all, the people of the fourteen state capitals are all the people of my Dajin, and thousands of mansions will stand together to shield all the people from the wind and rain. ”

I suddenly had a complex emotion, that emotion stirred up my mind, and after extracting the entwined emotion, the sky on the spiritual platform was blue and faint, and Qin Buxian's words fell on it-

"Your Royal Highness, not everyone in this world covets the throne, in my opinion, Lord Zhao is comparable to Xie Anshi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, if he comes out, he will be ordered to be in danger, and he can't stand the chaotic ministers and thieves in the court, and he can't get used to the fierce eyes on the border."

I picked up the osmanthus wine in front of me, even though I slapped myself in the face, but I still drank the wine, and then put the wine bowl upside down on the table, pressed the matter that I didn't live long without mentioning it, raised my eyes and smiled: "How to look at the creation in the future, the entanglements of the past are also temporarily put aside, this time this king wants to thank Lord Zhao to come to the rescue, Luochang City, you and I are temporarily allied, and after this catastrophe, the two of us will talk about the suffering of the common people and the right way in the world." ”

Zhao Mengqing nodded, drank the wine in his bowl, and then said, "Let me say more, even if you don't believe it." Father-in-law Lu's death is indeed not simple, but it really has nothing to do with me. ”

I can't believe it or don't believe it. Since Lu Shu's death, I have felt very sorry when I see osmanthus wine.

Maybe, maybe Zhao Mengqing is innocent.

I changed my words and said, "There is one thing that this king is sure of, that is, unless I die, I must repair the canal and the river, this is what Sun Zhiling told me." So ......"

"So the lower officials have to go down with His Highness to recruit people to repair the river." He shook his fan and said.

The short-term workers in Luochang City are all on a street called Shun Geng in Xishi, and I went there with Zhao Mengqing, because he was Wei Tian's cronies, and the shadows that followed him were afraid of accidentally hurting him, so they all restrained a lot.

On the way, I told him what happened to him in Lingtai City, and he was shocked: "There are only more than 100 of the 2,000 soldiers left? ”

My eyes flickered a few times, but I nodded, "Hmm." ”

He understood what I meant, and the corners of his lips hooked and quickly pretended to be distressed: "It's really a pity." ”

It was rare for the two of us to have a tacit understanding, so he also took this opportunity to tell me what he had seen and heard in Luochang City.

Luo Chang's parents, Guan Lu Shuyuan, are a dignified-looking scum. With his face, this scum has harmed many girls in the city, and he is irresponsible after the disaster, in Zhao Mengqing's words: "Look at those fatherless children on the street, six out of ten are Lu Shuyuan's babies." ”

This Lu Shuyuan is irresponsible to the girl, but he is conscientious and willing to be a grandson to the officials from the imperial capital, especially the one trusted by the emperor Wei Tian.

Zhao Mengqing said that he had just arrived at Luochang Station, and before he got off the horse, Lu Shuyuan led someone to carry a sedan chair. Before Zhao Mengqing could speak, he patted his chest and promised: "Is it that Li Shangshu is not at ease, so he sent Lord Zhao over to supervise the junior officials?" Although Lord Zhao can rest assured, the lower officials are doing things safely. ”

He knew that the emperor favored Zhao Mengqing, but he didn't know that Zhao Mengqing and Li Jingtang were not in the same group.

Zhao Mengqing nodded along with his words: "I naturally believe you." ”

The carriage was even more proud, and recruited all the plans conveyed by Li Jingtang: "As long as King Chong'an gets off the boat, the lower officials will send someone to follow, and there will be no living mouth." ”

Zhao Mengqing didn't hesitate to think about it: "Since Zhao is here, then the life of King Chong'an, try to hand it over to me to take it." After all, it's a big deal of murder and arson, and it's a serious prince over there. If there is a business trip, Zhao will definitely be alone, and it will never implicate Lord Lu, you can continue to be a good parent official in Luochang, and the people of Luochang are still counting on Lord Lu. ”

In this way, Zhao Mengqingxu and the snake were clever, putting Lu Shuyuan into a disguise, and he was still grateful to him, and he couldn't wait to kneel on the spot to thank him for the eighteenth generation of his ancestors.

And after that, Lord Zhao used the opportunity of a dinner to thoroughly understand Lu Shuyuan's secret defense in Luochang City; In addition, he also put enough sweat medicine in Lu Shuyuan's wine, the kind that can make him sleep for three days and three nights.

In the process of penetrating each other, Zhao Mengqing also learned about the king's military uniform left in the mausoleum. He was a little worried: "Your Highness must be completely vigilant, Gao Shu's gang got the clothes of the officers and soldiers in your army, find someone to wear them, and then kill someone and set them on fire, I am afraid that the reputation of you and the soldiers under your command will be tarnished." ”

Naturally, I also thought of this, and said with a leisurely smile: "This king is naturally prepared, and wait for that group of people to tarnish my reputation." ”